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Upgrade Your LinkedIn Headline

Hi, it’s Allison shields Johs from Legal Ease Consulting and today what I’d like to talk about is your Headline on LinkedIn. I find a lot of lawyers make mistakes when they put together their LinkedIn Profile, particularly with respect to the headline. The headline is the line that appears directly below your name on …

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Managing Your Online Reputation: Leveraging Praise and Ethically Addressing Criticism

Modern consumers of legal services are increasingly turning to the internet to find and vet lawyers. Word of mouth referrals no longer take place solely through personal contact. Even a referral from a trusted friend or advisor will be followed up by a Google search of the lawyer’s name and/or a scan of various review …

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LinkedIn Groups

LinkedIn Groups Gets an Update

I’ve long been an advocate of LinkedIn Groups as a business development tool, but, especially with the previous round of changes that separated Groups into a stand-alone app, many lawyers didn’t take advantage of Groups. This month, LinkedIn announced it’s making some changes to its Groups feature in both the website and mobile app that …

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Expand Your LinkedIn Network with Legal Ease Consulting

[Infographic] Six Ways to Jumpstart Your LinkedIn Network

Is your LinkedIn network working for you? In 2016, Dennis Kennedy, my co-author on LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers, and I wrote a two-part post on LinkedIn about how lawyers can reinvigorate their LinkedIn networks. That post was subsequently combined into one post on Law Technology Today. As we say in the article, it’s usually …

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Nassau County Women’s Bar Association–LinkedIn for Lawyers

This program features an informal discussion about LinkedIn, including: What LinkedIn is and why lawyers should learn about it How lawyers can maximize the visibility of their Profile on LinkedIn Making effective connections on LinkedIn Beyond profiles and invitations – how lawyers can maximize their use of LinkedIn Ethical issues with LinkedIn use

ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop

The ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop is November 7-8, 2014 at the US Grant in San Diego, California. I’ll be presenting on Lawyering in the Digital Age, Saturday, November 8 at 9:45 a.m., but there are many other great programs that comprise the workshop, including sessions on: Gender bias in the workplace Networking Marketing and Leadership …

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Improve Your Marketing in One Step: Focus on Your Clients

I recently received a question from a blog subscriber, “If I did one single thing to improve my marketing what would it be?” My answer: focus on the client. Get excruciatingly clear on who your best clients are and why. Create an ideal client profile so that you can easily recognize potential clients who may …

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